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Santorini (Thira) in January

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Santorini (Thira) is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Santorini (Thira) is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 24 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
9h 59mon average

Is January a good time to visit Santorini (Thira)?

January sits outside Santorini (Thira)'s best months, which run from June to September. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 59°F in January, against 58°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in January, against 14°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in January, against 0% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in January, against 1% to 43% through the year.

Daylight

9h 59m in January, against 9h 43m to 14h 36m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December62°17°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January59°15°low 52°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February58°14°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Santorini (Thira) sits, in January

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:29 AMsets 5:25 PM
Above the sea
190 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Folegandros52 km north-west

The land around Santorini (Thira), shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Greece in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Santorini (Thira)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santorini (Thira). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (23 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (190 m) against the climate model's (23 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.